Operations Early Talent Leadership Development Program (Project Management)

Eaton, a global energy management leader With revenues of $27.4 billion in 2025, is dedicated to making energy safer, more efficient, and sustainable. With 92,000 employees serving customers in over 180 countries, we are committed to improving quality of life and protecting the environment. EMEAOMLDP2026

Eaton’s Operations Early Talent Leadership Development Program offers a unique opportunity to kick-start your international career. You'll receive leadership training, personal coaching, and network with senior leaders. Through rotational assignments across various locations and business areas, you will develop a broad skill set and prepare for future leadership roles.

Ready to make a real impact and advance your career?

Join our Early Talent Leadership Development Program!

Eaton, a global energy management leader with $22.3 billion in revenue in 2023, is dedicated to making energy safer, more efficient, and sustainable. With 92,000 employees serving customers in over 175 countries, we are committed to improving quality of life and protecting the environment.

Eaton’s Operations Early Talent Leadership Development Program offers a unique opportunity to kick-start your international career. You’ll receive leadership training, personal coaching, and gain exposure to senior leaders. Through rotational assignments across various locations and business areas, you will develop a broad skill set and prepare for future leadership roles.

Ready to make a real impact and advance your career?

Program Information

• Duration: Three years
• Rotations: Three unique twelve-month assignments designed to build broad experience in operations management across manufacturing and supply chain functions.
• Potential Assignments: Lean/continuous improvement, quality, project management, manufacturing engineering, supply chain management, operations project management, logistics, or services operations — depending on country and business unit placement.
• International Exposure: Two rotations will take place in different countries across the EMEA region.
• Program Start: The program begins in September 2026.
  
  
  

Your program journey begins with a Program Management Analyst role based at our Business Service Center in Budapest, a strategic hub supporting the EMEA region.

In This Role, You Will

• Learn about program management and apply your learnings across ES EMEA.
• Support strategic projects and contribute to process improvements with internal and external stakeholders.
• Track and deliver initiatives to enable Eaton’s strategic priorities.
  
  
  

What Will You Do

Support Project Managers / Program Managers executing strategic projects in manufacturing and functional initiatives to meet longer-term strategic goals of ES EMEA.

• Support strategic regional projects and programs to meet their goals.
• Track project-level objectives for project team members.
• Communicate within and outside the project team and support communication with Eaton senior leadership.
• Report project status regularly and support project/program managers in project status meetings.
• Prepare for project milestones and track detailed plan execution by team members.
• Acquire project management methodologies, processes, and standards.
• Maintain project governance frameworks through standard meetings and follow-ups.
• Monitor project performance, analyze variances, and initiate corrective actions.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration between project stakeholders.
• Support tracking and reporting on key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the centralized PMO EMEA organization.
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Master or Bachelor level in an appropriate science (e.g., Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance).
  
  
  

Skills

• Interest in project management skills and tools.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and influence non-executive stakeholders.
• Analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Independent working style.
• Interest in developing business and financial acumen.
• Proactive, action-oriented, and able to persevere through obstacles.
  
  
  

What we offer:

• Being part of a company that has been in business for more than 100 years, is well known in the industry, and has a major impact on the energy industry.
• Work in a company with commitment to Inclusion & Diversity and Sustainability.
• Comprehensive support throughout the relocation process, both during and after the program, tailored to your rotation.
• Exclusive learning curriculum designed to bolster your leadership skills. During the program, you will attend 20 training sessions focused on developing key skills, such as critical thinking, emotional intelligence, career management and self-presentation.
• Annual Early Talent Conference and other events to expand your network within Eaton by connecting with senior leaders and fellow participants on key topics – from sustainability and diversity to team management and business development.
• Strong, agile, and diverse team locally and globally.
• Hybrid worktime model for balancing your work and life.
  
  
  

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.